r/politics • u/Particular_Log_3594 • 6d ago

No Paywall Obama: Israel 'took the land' from Palestinians, 'ceded moral ground' in Gaza

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-911851
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u/walkallover1991 District Of Columbia 6d ago

I'm sorry but statements like this give me "one day everyone will have been against this" vibes.

As President, Obama opposed Palestine's bid for full UN member status and then later also opposed their bid to non-member observer state status. His administration also worked to block Palestinian efforts to pursue charges against Israel at the ICC.

He continued doing the Democrat song and dance regarding settlement expansion, but expansion continued throughout his Presidency. The U.S. abstained from a UNSC vote on settlement expansion.

You can't be against settlement expansion while simultaneously sending military aid to Israel, protecting Israel on the international arena, and not sanctioning high-ranking Israeli leaders.

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u/Engrish_Major 6d ago

Cool. And we should want people to change for the better. The best accountability is changed behavior.

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u/ThinkRegret7695 6d ago

It is incredible that so-called ''progressives'' from America do not see Obama as a war criminal and believe this change is genuine is insane, just ask anyone in the global south, especially Palestinians, whether they believe Obama is on their side now.

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u/Engrish_Major 6d ago

I think he’s committed war crimes and is regretful. I can walk and chew gum at the same time. You can too.

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u/ThinkRegret7695 6d ago

It’s essentially like arguing that a serial killer is regretful, even though he has never actually apologized for what he did, nor is he willing to face any punishment for it. Instead, a decade later, he just makes obvious statements like "murder is wrong" and yet, only people in one country in the entire world actually believe he’s being sincere

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u/notfeelany 5d ago

No one should for Obama is truly one of the best US presidents in the last 50 years.

Obama guided & saved this country from the ravages of the Great Recession.

Obama, Pelosi, and Reid have advanced the cause of universal health care in the US by passing the ACA.

Their JUST reward should have been continued control of Congress and Presidency.

It is us, we THE VOTERS who failed.

We the voters ensured that the only power Democrats have are writing strongly worded letters.

We have failed ourselves by re-electing Republicans again.

When we THE VOTERS kicked Democrats are kicked out of House during the Midterms that effectively stopped the fantastic, inspirational progress that Obama & Biden was making during their terms.

This is on us the voters to fix. Now more than ever, voting and electing Democrats is the correct choice 100% of the time.

Voting for Democrats truly are better than voting for Republicans & 3rd parties for every issue (economy, jobs, health care, civil rights, foreign policies, etc)